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Alcohol and cigarettes are taxed much higher than other goods in Germany, but I don´t know the current tax tariff, in cigarettes - I think - it´s almost 50 %.

Yep, this is about hour our German tax system works either, I AM the poor, I´m on #SocialSecurity, now the politicians´re discussing about about abolishing the lower VAT of 7 % on foods or books and magazines, to replace it with the 19 % for all other goods (except for alcohol or cigarettes). 🤬🤬🤬

Too truthful to be funny.

Nye Bevan or Brian Thompson. That's your fucking choice, people.

Like they do NOW?

Where's the lie?

people get a paycheck and actually believe that's the amount they earned lol

Remember when the Onion was satire?

Can I get this on a shirt please?

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Excuse you I'm upper lower poor

We don't mind being modestly poor - when we got to 1 million it felt like a burdensome Yoke - only you have to be Awake to feel the Yoke.

Our Nations most important acts have been socialist

wait, you're publishing actual news now? like just straight up facts?

As opposed to them giving it to the rich like the have been doing for the las forty years?

Lmao!! They got that rite!! 😆😆😆

Authoritarianism,the government will take your money and fill their pockets with it,just like this trump regime is doing!!

I feel seen and I don't like it.

The real mystery is how we’ve managed to turn "having a functioning train system" into a radical political manifesto.

They'll still take half your labor though.

The government only gives handouts to the rich

I thought you guys are parody, not reality XD

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Its the word socialist really wish theyd change the name, people grew up in my era see that as a buzz word. You hear it,and its a negative on the face before you know their platform. Bad marketing 101

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That ain't funny, McGee.

God almighty. This all day long and twice on Tuesdays!

That was the rich saying the government will take away your money. They take away our money right in front of our eyes. It is theft that they call subsidies

You could also be cleared out pretty quickly by poor health on a salary under 400k. My point is that people making slightly above average ($60k to $399k) often have a false sense of security and superiority.

I think billionaires need to share the profits too. A thousand million dollars is too much money for anyone to ever use in a single lifetime. That amount of money creates powerful unelected people and therein lies the danger. Eat the rich.

When the government spends money that they didn’t tax away from you it has the same effect as if they did. By spending twice as much as they took out of your check they reduce the spending power of the remainder.

You're thinking of billionaires. Billionaires did that.

Others business and money. They are stalkers that do not believe in private property and everyone and everything is political and an arm of the state and their ideas are abusive and sadomasachistic in practice while saying they are doing good for others, never mind the person they are taking from.

You‘ve described Republicans - No other Party! Democrats create Jobs & Lower the Deficit. BLS.gov Republicans INCREASE the Deficit & Add Trillion$ to the National Debt.

This eleven-post screed at a joke newspaper is really weird behavior, my man.

One of the biggest and most successful con tricks ever is the tabloid media convincing working people with a *slightly* higher wage that they have more in common with the rich than the community they live in!

Socialize education, healthcare, and agriculture. Free market everything else.

Guess who will be paying off that debt. Not Trump and the Oliogarchs, but the poor masses making up the other 99.0001%.

ai;dr

AI slop

Fact: An end to 3 trillion dollar tax breaks for billionaires.

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Yay, capitalism.

Bull's-eye!

Has a myth even been busted so conclusively?

This doesn’t work as an onion headline. It’s just a headline

Every accusation etc

Plot twist: you are the poor.

Fair point.

That's what Sweden has? 🤔 All that we wanted was healthcare and public schools.

This isn’t even satire anymore.

It's a lie they say to get your vote. They have no intention of following through with it.

I don't see the connection. Maybe you can explain how this joke works?

Myth: The government will take away your money and give it to the poor. Fact: The government currently takes away your money to give to the wealthy in the form of tax cuts and corporate subsidies.

Most days, I have no cash in my wallet. Nada, zip, nunca. And they just reduced my credit limit on one of my cards. Im too weak to carry around my belongings to barter.

Reverse Robin Hood.

ThEy'Re cOmInG fOr oUr tOoThBrUsHeS!

👆 this guy think African Americans should be slaves and supports red scare 2.0

There governments And there chancers grifters incompetent no skills career people pretending to govern

3 of the last 4 GOP presidents proudly cut taxes for rich people.

This isn't even tongue in cheek, just plain speaking. Not really Onion material, I'd say.

But Elon said I will also become a trillionaire one day so I will fight for trillionaire rights /s

3/4 of the country will refuse to accept these in change. Some because of Trump, some because they just don't want a dollar coin, and prefer paper. Dollar coins have failed repeatedly in the US. Vending machines won't take them. Cash registers have no place for them in the drawer.

I always give this example: You decide to spend all your money. As a millionaire, you can spend 1,000 bucks a day for almost 3 years and then your million is gone. For a billionaire who spends 10,000 bucks a day, it will take over 270(!!!) years to spend that billion. Insane. Absolutely insane.

Fuvk Leon and his shell games that make him appear to be a trillionaire

the bottom line is; the American voter is either going to wake up from their comas; or forever be beating themselves with the biggest tree branch they can find!

I’m not poor I’m just a temporarily embarrassed ten thousandaire

Universal healthcare would be more cost effective and we can’t have that

legit spit out my drink on that last one

There you go, Thanks

#AccidentalJournalism

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And you are not getting the money back.

Looks like my wallet, barr

He also recently endorse AOC "woke 1" comment as they withdrew their support for BLM and anti police brutality movement: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

This is reflected in NYPD acting nearlybthe exact same as they did under Eric Adams: gothamist.com/news/advocat...

When Americans purchase health insurance. It is used by everyone who has bought an inferior product for Elective or Emergency Surgery's. Plus additional Costs. A Really Stupid Imbicilic Moronic System. Agreed Free at the point of use health care has problems. The difference. Not being in Penury.🇮🇪🇪🇺

Democratic socialism stops the rich from robbing the poor! It’s really that simple

At $40 Trillion of debt...the GOVERNMENT is the poor...

"Don't forget that most men without property would rather protect the possibility of becoming rich, than face the reality of being poor." - 1776

Maga: "Wait...........what?"

Want to know if you're rich or poor? Quit your job. If you still have your house in a year, you're probably rich.

Actually, GOP style capitalism has the single goal of taking your money and giving it to the rich.

Happy #SocialistSunday The inspirational Paul Robeson. With Trump in particular wreaking havoc his words sadly still resonate with all of us today. #Trump #imperialism

@bulldog75.bsky.social

Being poor in America, is like the weather in Florida. If everything's OK now, just give it 5 minutes.

Absolutely

You mean the government will take money from the poor and give it to the rich.

Prolly just me. Onion 🧅 satire is rich. While much appreciated and very funny, it strikes me as more ironic than satire. Just not what I have come to expect. Funny when the truth hurts, yes. Just a sad reality in my world. Just saying…

and currently they take your money and give it to the rich!

It became InfoWars at the end there lol

That escalated and went weird quickly.

And I want my 💲back!

You aren't allowed to post true things, The Onion! People will think it's a lie!

That is brutally honest. We are the poor and we're getting poorer

How dare you say we piss on the poor!

I found out I owe the bank, today…I’m in the negative balance…. 💩!

Lots of people are afraid that the government will give it to people who fled their country for war.

If you're not at the table you're on the menu

“FACT: No political theory has ever worked in real life.“ Well, you got me there.

Yup you are the 98%

Let’s call it “TAX THE FUCK OUT OF THE RICH” capitalism, but you have to literally scream out loud the all-caps part.

Boom👊

You’re supposed to be satirical

Ouch!!

Fact!

Fact: the government will take your money and give it to corporations through the magic of tariffs

Truth, think about that

Yoink!